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Edit: Also, I really hate when blizzard releases info like this without all the details, I know they have class info coming in the next couple of days but damn if they couldn't have waited until then. Instead they get to watch a qq frenzy on the forums. They sit back and laugh at us while sipping on their coffee/gin.
Yeah, they really should have clarified some things. Dispelling classes are panicking because they are assuming that their spells and dispel mechanics are changing but that debuffing is not.

I expect that Blizzard is going to make some pretty sweeping changes to the way debuffs work, in order to fit the new dispel mechanics and spell layouts to the way the game will play. My guess is that many of the current PvE encounters that require you to dispel poisons, diseases, and curses will instead require only that you dispel "defensive magic." All healer classes will be able to dispel defensive magic, and thus PvE is simplified. In order to keep it from becoming too simple, they are making dispels cost more mana and you will now "cast" a dispel on a target that does not need it. I assume that this also means that encounters will be designed with fewer debuffs flying around so that instead of having to spam your dispel, you'll need to pay better attention in order to properly remove debuffs.

What I would really like to see is Blizzard announce that rogue poisons (and similar debuffs from other classes) will be categorized as magic-based. The only reason being that I'd love to see the days/weeks of healer QQ turn into a massive melee QQ. It's too entertaining to read post after post about how the world has ended and so-n-so is quitting WOW for sure this time!